Ron Amadeo argues that the SIII is ugly because it was designed by lawyers. "So there you have it. A darn-near perfect explanation of the GSIII design. Sure, it's butt ugly, but it's also 100% (well maybe 90%) lawyer approved. An amorphous, unsymmetrical blob that doesn't come in black, with a non-permanent dock and non-square icons. There's no way Apple can add this design to their Samsung lawsuit." Sure would explain how Samsung went from the elegantly understated SII to this monstrosity of a phone. Anyone out there who actually likes the SIII's 'design'? If so, care to explain why?

I really don't understand the complaints about the design. It's almost identical to the Galaxy Note and I didn't see anyone complaining about its design, probably because the big news where the huge screen.

The design on these devices is dictated by the screen and there's not much they can do about it; blame the ridiculously large screens.

Heck if you look at it side by side, it's not that different to the S II in terms of design elements but the larger screen surely makes it look uglier.